Find a TenderClosed
Published 1 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

703088451 - Project BOREAS - ADEWS/112

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

GoodsRestricted
Published estimate£442,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Apr 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Requirement;

  • A capability to replace the obsolete weather Radar system at RAF Akrotiri.
  • Provision of accurate, high fidelity, real time understanding of precipitation to assure the ability of the Met Office to predict high impact thunderstorms in order to ensure flight safety at RAF Akrotiri.
  • 10 year future support and maintenance to ensure the required operational availability. Quantity or scope: Contract Duration: Eleven Years.

Requirement

  • A capability to replace the obsolete weather Radar system at RAF Akrotiri.
  • Provision of accurate, high fidelity, real time understanding of precipitation to assure the ability of the Met Office to predict high impact thunderstorms in order to ensure flight safety at RAF Akrotiri.
  • 10 year future support and maintenance to ensure the required operational availability.

CPV: Purchase · Radar · Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft and other equipment

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation6
  • Suitability

    Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

    1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
    • Browse to the eSourcing Portal
    • Click the “Click here to register” link
    • Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
    • Enter your correct business and user details
    • Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
    • You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
    1. Express an Interest in the tender
    • Login to the portal with the username/password
    • Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
    • Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
    • Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
    • This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
    • Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
    1. Responding to the tender
    • You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
    • You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
    • Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
    • There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

    Link to PQQ: https://co… ↗

  • Suitability

    Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

    1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
    • Browse to the eSourcing Portal
    • Click the “Click here to register” link
    • Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
    • Enter your correct business and user details
    • Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
    • You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
    1. Express an Interest in the tender
    • Login to the portal with the username/password
    • Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
    • Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
    • Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
    • This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
    • Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
    1. Responding to the tender
    • You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
    • You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
    • Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
    • There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

    If you require any furt…

  • Economic & financial standing

    (a) Appropriate statements from the economic operator's bankers or where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

    (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;

    (c) where appropriate, a statement, covering the three previous financial years of the economic operator, of:(i) the overall turnover of the business of the economic operator; and (ii) where appropriate, the turnover in respect of the work, works, goods or services which are of a similar type to the subject matter of the contract.

    Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process

    Minimum: Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process
  • Economic & financial standing

    Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process

    Minimum: Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process
  • Technical & professional ability

    (a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a

    works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that

    economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability;

    (b) a list of works carried out over the past five years together with (unless the contracting authority

    specifies that the following certificate should be submitted direct to the contracting authority by the

    person certifying) certificates of satisfactory completion for the most important of those works

    indicating in each case: (i)the value of the consideration received; (ii)when and where the work or

    works were carried out; and (iii)specifying whether they were carried out according to the rules of the

    trade or profession and properly completed;

    (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider

    in the past five years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and: (i) the dates on which the goods

    were sold or the services provided; (ii) the consideration received; (iii) the identity of the person to

    whom the goods were sold or the service were provided; (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by

    that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided; and (v)

    where - (a)that person was not a contracting authority, and (b)the certificate referred to in subparagraph

    (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by …

  • Technical & professional ability

    (a) in the case of a supply contract requiring the siting or installation of goods, a services contract or a works contract, the economic operator's technical ability, taking into account in particular that economic operator's skills, efficiency, experience and reliability;

    (b) a list of works carried out over the past five years together with (unless the contracting authority specifies that the following certificate should be submitted direct to the contracting authority by the person certifying) certificates of satisfactory completion for the most important of those works

    indicating in each case: (i)the value of the consideration received; (ii)when and where the work or works were carried out; and (iii)specifying whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed;

    (c) a statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider

    in the past five years, or during a shorter period if necessary, and: (i) the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; (ii) the consideration received; (iii) the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the service were provided; (iv) any certificate issued or countersigned by

    that person confirming the details of the contract for those goods sold or services provided; and (v) where - (a)that person was not a contracting authority, and (b)the certificate referred to in subparagraph

    (c)(iv) is not available, any declaration by …

    Minimum: Demonstration of capability and capacity to deliver the advertised requirement in the suppliers Pre- Qualification Questionnaire response.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted
Legal basis
CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
1 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Authority reference
703088451 - Project BOREAS - ADEWS/112
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005637
Classification (CPV)
PurchaseRadarRepair and maintenance services of security and defence materialsRepair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft and other equipment
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031ca1 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement. Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 13/11/2021 17:00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents. DPQQ's can be found at the following link; https://contracts.mod.uk/go/27689387017C26A343EC CYBER ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND THE CYBER RISK PROFILE IS N/A: REFERENCE NUMBER: 500141133.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
7 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

1 Mar 2022 → 7 Apr 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    1 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    7 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence RAF Henlow, Air Defence & Electronic Warfare Systems, Building 85, Bedfordshire, SG16 6DNContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.